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an evening of poetry
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Sunday, april 5 8pm
carson theater 11th ft ‘q’
As a Native American poet.
Jay Harjo draws on American
Indian history and contemporary
problems. She is a member of the
Creek Nation Tribe and author of
She Hod Some Horses and other
books of poetry.
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Lincoln Spring Break means boredom
By Mark Baldridge
Senior Reporter
I can’t see what all the fuss is
about — young folks running
around getting all tuckered out over
Spring Break.
I did the sensible thing this year.
I stayed home and relaxed.
I got things done, too. I alpha
betized my spice rack and washed
my delicate knits in the sink. Plus,
I caught up on my reading, paid my
bills and filled out my tax return.
Then I went out and drank myself
into a stupor three days in a row
and tried not to notice how bored
I was.
Spring Break would be so much
better if everyone I like would stay
in town.
The bars are as deserted as a
schoolhouse on Saturday.
If all my friends stayed over,
we’d have the place to ourselves.
We could talk real loud and ride
our bikes down the center of O
Street singing L’2 songs and swig
ging beer from open containers.
None of that stuff is any fun to
do alone.
You realize what a little town
this is without us students here to
keep things lively.
Downtown looks like Muleshoc,
Texas on a windy day: deserted.
Your footfalls echo like in a sad
movie and tumbleweed blows
through ihcemptystreetsasaloo.se
shutter bangs against a house
somewhere.
You sleep later and later each
day, until by the end of the break,
you get up only to go drinking at
bars you can’t imagine ever being
crowded.
When your tanned and happily
exhausted friends return, they will
hardly recognize the mumbling
shambles you have become, pick
ing through the trash for half-eaten
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pizza crusLs and condoms.
Yeah, OK, I guess I’m not paint
ing a very pretty picture of life over
break for the few unfortunates that
remain behind.
But I’m still convinced I could
have more fun If I’d had my friends
here.
Anyway, you know what they
say, misery loves company.
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Several spots on the island had
cranes and safety harnesses for all
daredevils and cra/cd lunatics. Yes,
1 was one of those lunatics. Prices
ranged from $35 or $40 per jump,
anuit was well worth the money.
Imagine the rush as you plum
met 160 feet to what you feel should
be your death, only to hault sud
denly, fling straight back up, and
do it again! I did it—TWICE — and
I even have it on videotape to show
my mom.
Of course, being so far south, it
is a must to travel the extra half
hour and cross the border to good
ol’ Mexico. We crossed over at
Brownsville, Texas, and it was
immediately a whole new world.
^ ^vervoru^was out to make a
buck — and only a buck. Most of
the trinkets you were confronted
with cost a dollar, whether it be
Cacks of gum, bracelets and neck
ices, or bottles of beer.
I can’t forget to mention the
ocean, the kegs on the beach, the
wet T-shirt contests, or the volley
ball and basketball tournaments
for prizes, but my claim to fame for
Spring Break 1992 had to be the Mr.
Hot Bod Contest nightly outside
the Sheraton.
Sure, there’s more 1 did that I
can’t remember, or just plain can’t
tell you in a newspaper, but if you
really want to know what goes on
during Spring Break at South Padre
Island, Texas, I suggest you go find
out for yourself!
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